It was a pleasant surprise to see several aspects of this fascinating shrub on a drizzly Nov. morning yesterday at Sagar Upvan (BPT gardens), Mumbai.
I quote the description of the shrub from Flora of Mah. Vol IV, pg 122: "A spinous shrub, scandent if shaded. It has smooth entire elliptic leaves 8 by 4 cm, glaucous beneath with scattered round glands, and pendulous panicles of large yellow flowers consisting of small cymes enclosed in large membranous purple veined bracts".
I saw leaves with two different shapes(polymorphy) on the same branch, and different branches. I suppose the green dots seen behind the leaves would be the glands.
The flowering period in the vol. is mentioned from April to August, I saw flowering in November!
regards,
Rashida.
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